That ASEAN debacle has had serious consequences.

It was America s misfortune to undergo one disaster of the Great Depression s scale to undergo two does indeed look like carelessness.

The term stoicism appears over and over in media coverage of Japan s calamity.

The report details how natural resources soils, forests, water, fisheries managed at the local level are frequently the most effective means for the world's rural poor people to create their own wealth.

Briefing on the UNICEF response to the Indian Ocean earthquake tsunami disaster

It would be a disaster if countries were to rush in individually to implement their own new system.

As a result of the tsunami, the GDP contracted by about 3.6 in 2005.

As we approach the first anniversary of the tsunami disaster, the country's situation has not improved.

The Executive Director briefed delegates on the UNICEF response to the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.

The response to the recent tsunami disaster in Asia is a case in point.

The combination of exploding debt and rising interest rates is a recipe for economic disaster.

We Indonesians know too well the enormous suffering that a natural catastrophe can bring.

The social protection of people, full compensation for injuries incurred by individuals affected as a consequence of the Chernobyl disaster

As a result of the tsunami disaster, 2005 will be anomalous during the 2005 2009 plan period.

The Forum's work represents a significant step forward in the consideration of all of the long term consequences of the Chernobyl disaster.

It's just so devastating, the sheer amount of innocent men, women and children's lives just evaporating.

Promoting private insurance may seem an indirect response to the tsunami disaster, but it is a rational and powerful response.

At the same time, a doctor from a local hospital was writing on his blog It is a disaster.

Such a vote would be a recipe for disaster disaster for Security Council reform, for United Nations reform and for international peace and cooperation.

If Obama fails, however, Syria will not be a second Iraq, but more likely a repetition of the Bosnian calamity.

A number of delegations provided details about their response to the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, including financial support.

Recovery after the tsunami disaster taught us the value and potential of humanity acting in unison when fellow human beings are in distress.

Auschwitz did not occur in a vacuum. It was the furthest extreme of a disaster that incorporated all these other events.

The secretariat cited the example of the tsunami response to illustrate the high priority given to psychosocial support in emergencies and to partnerships.

6. Notes the appeal by the United Nations Coordinator to the donor community to consider allocating additional resources to the humanitarian aspects of the Chernobyl disaster

Ukraine will also initiate a special commemorative meeting of the General Assembly on the twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe in April 2006.

Her delegation did not object to the inclusion in the scope of the draft protocol of operations for the provision of emergency humanitarian assistance in response to a natural disaster.

One potential benefit of the Copenhagen debacle could be that it forces the Union to wake up to the new world of the twenty first century.

In memory of this flood, the book Gedenkboek van Neerlands watersnood in februari 1825 ( Memorial Book of the Dutch Flood Disaster of February 1825 ) was published.

While the international system has responded to many natural disasters over the past 12 months, those disasters have also served to remind us just how crucial effective and timely humanitarian response capacity is, if lives are to be saved, livelihoods protected and communities restored.

The delegations of Indonesia and Thailand expressed their gratitude for the unprecedented response of the international community to the Indian Ocean tsunami.

We cannot afford to have to say in hindsight that the global response to the tsunami of December 2004 was business as usual.

The serious socio economic impact of the recent tsunami disaster on many countries in Asia, especially Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Maldives was considered in depth.

As witnessed the world over, a natural disaster such as a cyclone, made worse by the effects of climate change, can have a devastating effect on economies and lives.

15. Requests the President of the General Assembly to convene, in April 2006, a special commemorative meeting of the Assembly in observance of the twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe

A 20 year tenure for such a person would be a recipe for economic disaster, which would no doubt begin with some form of financial crisis.

The response to the 2004 2005 Indian Ocean tsunami showed how thematic funding can make a difference in a large scale emergency.

In paragraph 157, the Board recommended that UNICEF review its relationships with National Committees in the light of the experience of the tsunami fund raising.

It, along with the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency, was adopted in direct response to the April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

Next year will mark the twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe, which had a serious political impact and changed attitudes to nuclear energy all over the world.

Finally, my delegation takes this opportunity to congratulate all those who have been so rapid and generous in their response to the tsunami disaster, including the Secretary General and the members of the agencies of the Organization.

The draft resolution also expresses support for the initiatives of the three affected countries the Republic of Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine and is timed to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.

Requests the President of the General Assembly to convene, in April 2006, a special commemorative meeting of the General Assembly in observance of the twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe

Any real change in the near term must come from China, which increasingly has the most to lose from a dollar debacle.

In addition to the material on the two areas of focus before the sixth meeting of the Consultative Process, the part of the report devoted to the Indian Ocean tsunami was highlighted as being of particular importance.